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Babylon : Thousands of Jews entered captivity here around 586 B.C.E.
fifty years : Length of time Hebrew captives lived in Babylon.
Judaeans : Name given to Hebrew people by Babylonians.
Jews : Shortened version of the name Judaeans
Persians : Empire that conquered the Babylonians in 539 B.C.E.
Cyrus : Name of Persian King who released Jews from Babylonian captivity.
three : Number of times Hebrews built/rebuilt the Great Temple.
Greeks : Rulers of the Hebrews after the Persians.
Hanukkah : Jewish celebration honoring the Hebrew victory over the Greeks.
Romans : Rulers of the Hebrews after the Greeks.
Executed : Romans did this to over 50,000 Jews once they took control.
King Herod : King of the Hebrews that rebuilt the temple of Jerusalem around 22 B.C.E.
Three years: Length of time the Hebrews kept the Romans out of Jerusalem after the Jewish Rebellion.
Western Wall : Only part of the Temple of Jerusalem left standing after the Romans destroyed it around 70 C.E.
Scattering : The Roman Victory began the final ____ of the Jewish people from their homeland.
Diaspora: When a group of people is forced to leave their ethnic homeland. A scattering.

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Number of times Hebrews built/rebuilt the Great Temple.

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Length of time Hebrew captives lived in Babylon.

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Rulers of the Hebrews after the Persians.

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Name of Persian King who released Jews from Babylonian captivity.

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Empire that conquered the Babylonians in 539 B.C.E.

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Shortened version of the name Judaeans

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Romans did this to over 50,000 Jews once they took control.

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Rulers of the Hebrews after the Greeks.

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Name given to Hebrew people by Babylonians.

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Length of time the Hebrews kept the Romans out of Jerusalem after the Jewish Rebellion.

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King of the Hebrews that rebuilt the temple of Jerusalem around 22 B.C.E.

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The Roman Victory began the final ____ of the Jewish people from their homeland.

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Thousands of Jews entered captivity here around 586 B.C.E.

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When a group of people is forced to leave their ethnic homeland. A scattering.

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Jewish celebration honoring the Hebrew victory over the Greeks.

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Only part of the Temple of Jerusalem left standing after the Romans destroyed it around 70 C.E.